Tag Archives: Tezlyn Figaro

Let’s stop lying to ourselves about why candidates lose. Yes, money matters. I have worked on campaigns at every level for over 15 years. I have seen local and state candidates win with very little money, and I have seen candidates running for federal seats hide behind “we didn’t raise …

November 4, 2008, was supposed to symbolize progress. America elected its first Black president. The country talked about change. History was made. In Worse Than a Lie, that same night becomes something else. A Black man is shot ten times during a traffic stop, and his story is rewritten before …